Founded on the principles of being based on clinical need, not ability to pay, the idea of being refused healthcare because of being unable to afford the bill is alien to most of us ( PA )
Reading the appalling case...

Nine of the 13 manufacturing sub sectors showed a decline according to the ONS ( PA )
UK manufacturing had its worst month in more than five years in April, flying in the face of hopes that the first quarter’s GDP slump was...

A Sinn Fein party election worker dressed up as a crocodile stands behind a banner referring to Brexit outside a polling station in Belfast ( AFP/Getty )
Significant gaps in Theresa May’s new Brexit customs plan for Northern Ireland would lead to the...

Some politicians said the polls dominated election coverage. This meant, for example, that Jeremy Corbyn’s policies were not subjected to same level of scrutiny as Theresa May’s ( AFP )
Where were you at 10pm on election day, a year ago...

‘Breshna is full of courage and inspiration. She definitely is Afghanistan’s Malala’ ( Washington Post/Sharif Hassan )
The moment Breshna Musazai climbed onto the stage in a black cap and gown, leaning on a walker and her brother’s arm, the audience...

More than 15,000 trains have been cancelled or delayed since the timetable changes came into force in May ( Getty/iStock )
An overwhelming majority of the public would support renationalising the railways amid cancellations, delays and complaints of poor service from private rail...

The company’s standard tariff remains cheaper than the average of the Big Six providers ( Getty )
Renewable energy supplier Bulb has announced plans to raise prices for its members following “substantial increases” in the wholesale cost of gas and electricity.
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The US Federal Reserve is widely expected to increase interest rates, which will affect Europe as well as emerging markets ( Getty )
What is theatre, what is substance? The discordant G7 summit in Quebec City came and went – with Donald Trump, having...

Calves and sheep suffer from overcrowding and overheating in transport lorries, say critics ( Reuters )
One of the SNP’s most high-profile supporters has defected to the Animal Welfare Party, in protest at Nicola Sturgeon’s refusal to back a ban on live animal exports.
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The prime minister made the comments before flying back to the UK at the end of the two-day summit ( EPA )
Theresa May has brushed off Donald Trump’s outspoken attack on the EU over trade, insisting the West was still working “collectively” as...